Book · 2010 · History
Fatal Misconception
The Struggle to Control World Population
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His book, Fatal Misconception, lays out the whole sorted tale. In it, he concludes, "The great tragedy of population control, the fatal misconception was to think that one could know other people's interests better than they know it themselves.
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Fatal Misconception by Matthew Connelly is a historical examination of the global population control movement and its various ideological underpinnings. On the podcast Behind the Bastards in an episode titled Part Two: The Population Control Movement broadcast on January 7, 2021, Robert Evans recommended the book to his listeners. Evans discussed the comprehensive research presented in the text, highlighting how the author meticulously lays out the entire sordid history of population control efforts over the decades. According to Evans, Connelly ultimately reaches a profound conclusion regarding the fundamental flaw of these movements. The central tragedy, as Connelly observed and Evans explained to his audience, was the arrogant assumption held by planners and demographers that they could somehow understand and determine the personal interests of other people much better than those individuals could understand them themselves. Through this discussion, Evans utilized Connelly's work to illustrate the paternalistic and often disastrous policies that emerged from this mindset throughout the twentieth century, providing a critical perspective on how state-sponsored and international efforts to manage human reproduction frequently trampled on individual autonomy and basic human rights under the guise of scientific and economic necessity.
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Robert Evans His book, Fatal Misconception, lays out the whole sorted tale. In it, he concludes, "The great tragedy of p… 1
“His book, Fatal Misconception, lays out the whole sorted tale. In it, he concludes, "The great tragedy of population control, the fatal misconception was to think that one could know other people's interests better than they know it themselves.”
